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Procedure price report · Insertion, revision, replacement, removal of cardiac pacemaker or cardioverter/defibrillator

Removal of an under-the-skin defibrillator electrode

CPT 33272the billing code this page is about

Taking out the electrode wire of a defibrillator system that lies under the skin outside the heart.

Hospitals typically charge $4,190 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,274 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,442. Most fall between $2,231 and $8,002 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,274
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,274 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,432$2,665$4,190$7,244$11,866

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,432 vs $11,866).

How the prices are spread

$816 – $1,102: 46 hospitals$816$1,102 – $1,487: 32 hospitals$1,487 – $2,007: 71 hospitals$1,487$2,007 – $2,709: 133 hospitals$2,709 – $3,657: 199 hospitals$2,709$3,657 – $4,937: 254 hospitals$4,937 – $6,664: 128 hospitals$4,937$6,664 – $8,996: 140 hospitals$8,996 – $12,143: 86 hospitals$8,996$12,143 – $16,391: 62 hospitals$12,143median $4,190price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,151 of 1,274 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$816$1,10246
$1,102$1,48732
$1,487$2,00771
$2,007$2,709133
$2,709$3,657199
$3,657$4,937254
$4,937$6,664128
$6,664$8,996140
$8,996$12,14386
$12,143$16,39162

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,818
Median cash price$4,190
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.10×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,190.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,366 across 30 hospitalsWA$3,366Idaho: median $7,929 across 11 hospitalsID$7,929Montana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,651 across 19 hospitalsMN$3,651Illinois: median $4,218 across 51 hospitalsIL$4,218Wisconsin: median $1,977 across 39 hospitalsWI$1,977Michigan: median $3,058 across 58 hospitalsMI$3,058New York: median $4,307 across 45 hospitalsNY$4,307Massachusetts: median $6,137 across 14 hospitalsMA$6,137Oregon: median $3,240 across 28 hospitalsOR$3,240Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,314 across 18 hospitalsIA$2,314Indiana: median $2,648 across 36 hospitalsIN$2,648Ohio: median $4,552 across 81 hospitalsOH$4,552Pennsylvania: median $4,900 across 63 hospitalsPA$4,900New Jersey: median $4,835 across 40 hospitalsNJ$4,835Connecticut: median $4,234 across 10 hospitalsCT$4,234Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,822 across 103 hospitalsCA$6,822Utah: median $2,764 across 15 hospitalsUT$2,764Colorado: median $4,523 across 26 hospitalsCO$4,523Nebraska: median $2,433 across 13 hospitalsNE$2,433Missouri: median $3,960 across 29 hospitalsMO$3,960Kentucky: median $6,611 across 23 hospitalsKY$6,611West Virginia: median $3,045 across 21 hospitalsWV$3,045Virginia: median $2,665 across 30 hospitalsVA$2,665Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,922 across 23 hospitalsAZ$2,922New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $5,018 across 10 hospitalsAR$5,018Tennessee: median $1,442 across 28 hospitalsTN$1,442North Carolina: median $2,673 across 29 hospitalsNC$2,673South Carolina: median $4,849 across 26 hospitalsSC$4,849Oklahoma: median $1,781 across 24 hospitalsOK$1,781Louisiana: median $3,424 across 19 hospitalsLA$3,424Mississippi: median $2,508 across 12 hospitalsMS$2,508Alabama: median $4,633 across 13 hospitalsAL$4,633Georgia: median $3,265 across 56 hospitalsGA$3,265Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,295 across 124 hospitalsTX$4,295Florida: median $6,742 across 59 hospitalsFL$6,742
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,190. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$7,929+89%$5,407 – $7,929
California CA103$6,822+63%$3,553 – $10,102
Florida FL59$6,742+61%$2,992 – $17,003
Kentucky KY23$6,611+58%$2,688 – $13,607
Massachusetts MA14$6,137+46%$4,322 – $11,235
Arkansas AR10$5,018+20%$2,629 – $5,628
Pennsylvania PA63$4,900+17%$3,139 – $7,624
South Carolina SC26$4,849+16%$3,855 – $4,849
New Jersey NJ40$4,835+15%$3,977 – $5,855
Alabama AL13$4,633+11%$2,935 – $11,579
Ohio OH81$4,552+9%$2,713 – $13,602
Colorado CO26$4,523+8%$2,954 – $10,111
New York NY45$4,307+3%$2,868 – $7,873
Texas TX124$4,295+3%$3,238 – $15,713
Connecticut CT10$4,234+1%$3,732 – $7,474
Illinois IL51$4,218+1%$1,750 – $9,087
Missouri MO29$3,960−5%$2,084 – $9,427
Minnesota MN19$3,651−13%$2,340 – $3,830
Louisiana LA19$3,424−18%$1,962 – $4,960
Washington WA30$3,366−20%$1,707 – $5,458
Georgia GA56$3,265−22%$2,368 – $5,333
Oregon OR28$3,240−23%$629 – $9,631
Michigan MI58$3,058−27%$527 – $8,002
West Virginia WV21$3,045−27%$2,665 – $3,384
Arizona AZ23$2,922−30%$1,828 – $6,205
Utah UT15$2,764−34%$2,764 – $3,788
North Carolina NC29$2,673−36%$2,474 – $5,203
Virginia VA30$2,665−36%$1,688 – $4,633
Indiana IN36$2,648−37%$2,029 – $4,172
Mississippi MS12$2,508−40%$1,739 – $3,567
Nebraska NE13$2,433−42%$2,227 – $4,137
Iowa IA18$2,314−45%$852 – $5,996
Wisconsin WI39$1,977−53%$1,548 – $4,204
Oklahoma OK24$1,781−57%$893 – $3,608
Tennessee TN28$1,442−66%$770 – $2,508
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,190.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,153$4,267$2,390 – $8,002
Children’s32$5,018$3,366 – $12,824
Critical access83$2,728$1,548 – $7,786
Ownership
For-profit131$5,407$2,713 – $16,315
Government132$3,311$2,135 – $5,333
Non-profit1,005$4,187$2,229 – $7,870
System affiliation
Part of a system1,146$4,187$2,231 – $7,873
Independent128$4,697$2,318 – $9,592

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$8,001
Median cash price$4,190
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

963 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,137 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,359; most fall between $2,161 and $7,929.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 963 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,432$2,604$4,137$7,340$10,142

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,432 vs $10,142).

Of the 1,022 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 963 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 33 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,274 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (32%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,355 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,274
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded37
Hospitals that filed this code1,355

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Insertion, revision, replacement, removal of cardiac pacemaker or cardioverter/defibrillator family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rmvl of Subq Implantable Defibrillator Electrode.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of an under-the-skin defibrillator electrode (CPT 33272) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33272-removal-of-an-under-the-skin-defibrillator-electrode